November 2019

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Housebuilder Awards 2019

The industry spent a glittering night celebrating the winners of The Housebuilder Awards 2019 last month. Housebuilder reports

The Interview - Richard Pearce & Tom Carr - Verto Homes

Richard Pearce and Tom Carr are co-founders of Verto Homes, a Cornwall-based SME delivering zero carbon smart homes. They talk to Suzie Mayes about the challenges and rewards of building zero carbon housing and their quest to be the UK's largest sustainable housebuilder

New year standards

NHBC's standards and technical manager Paul Cribbens highlights the main changes for housebuilders being introduced in the NHBC Standards 2020

Healthy homes

As the environment climbs back up the national agenda, Sarah White, systems lead - external and separating at British Gypsum, urges developers to prioritise sustainability for a zero carbon future

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All about AI

Suzie Mayes looks at the effect AI could have on the industry and how housebuilders are embracing it

The Future Homes Hub: Then and now

As Jennie Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, becomes chair of the Future Homes Hub, she looks ahead to the Hub's upcoming challenges and how the Hub will meet them, while her predecessor, David Thomas, Barratt Redrow’s group ceo, looks back at what it has achieved so far

The Interview – Joe Marshall, Sovereign Network Group

Joe Marshall has been Sovereign Network Group’s chief investment and development officer since last November. He talks to Suzie Mayes about how he has put his stamp on the role, purchasing section 106 housing and the importance of the company’s Homes and Place Standard to the industry

Delivering quality housing

Following the announcement of its Pride in the Job Quality Award winners, NHBC details the process of the long-running competition and what it means to site managers